Lock stock and Two Smoking Barrels – Drinking Scene
This scene from Lock Stock epitomises the feeling we want to convey instantly to the audience who watch our music video: young people having a good time and forgetting their troubles.
The scene starts with a mid-shot of one of the protagonists. In the foreground and focus blurred is a spirit bottle, clearly connoting that alcohol is being consumed and in heavy flow. The character quickly consumes three shot glasses full of spirit in time with the music. When the drink is being consumed the camera speed slows down but when the glass is being lifted the camera speed hastens tremendously and, when coupled with the kinetic camera movement (throughout the scene it’s not still once), provide a feeling of upbeat excitement and movement. It then speeds up again as the camera pans out to reveal two other characters reaching in to the shot and slapping a playing card to his forehead, denoting that drinking games are being played. A shot showing a table littered with cards, alcohol, spilt alcohol and glasses is interspersed into the scene before we see the next shot: a slow motion display of three drunken men with cards stuck to their foreheads play fighting. The slow and fast paced video mixed with the kinetic camera work really works well to connote inebriety and this is definitely an element we want to emulate in our music video. More post production editing comes in to play when not only do they again speed up the video but also turn the camera upside down digitally, even further reinforcing the joyous vibe and lack of sobriety. The scene continues on in a similar vein, mixing fast and slow video speeds with a fast paced of editing and constant kinetic (sometimes upside down!) camera work.
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